Vomiting crew members and passengers forced a Philadelphia-bound flight to make an emergency landing in Rome, airline officials said.
The US Airways Flight US797 was en route from Israel when an odor in the cabin began to sicken the people aboard, NBC News reported.
All 14 crew members, including the four pilots, were affected, and the mysterious smell made two passengers ill as well, an airline spokeswoman told the network.
The plane made an 'unscheduled landing' at Fiumicino Airport in Rome where three flight attendants went by ambulance to an onsite clinic.
The rest of the affected crew and passengers were also treated at the clinic for nausea and irritated eyes before they were released.
'The aircraft landed safely and all passengers were re-accommodated on other flights,' airline spokeswoman Martha Thomas told NBC News.
There were 129 passengers aboard the Airbus A330 along with the 14 crew members.
The cause of the sickening odor is still under investigation, the spokeswoman said.
dmmurphy@nydailynews.com
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